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        "rendered": "<div style=\"max-width:1040px;margin:0 auto;color:#283229;font-family:Montserrat,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.7\">\n<div style=\"overflow:hidden;border-radius:22px;margin:0 0 34px 0;background:#263128\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pawsandstays.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fresh-food-vs-kibble-dog-food-bowl.jpg\" alt=\"Dog food in a bowl\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;height:420px;object-fit:cover;object-position:center\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#53695a;margin:0 0 14px 0\">Paws Journal \u00b7 Nutrition \u00b7 6\u20138 min read<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:1.15rem;max-width:820px;margin:0 0 42px 0\">Fresh and lightly cooked dog food is booming. The message is attractive: less processing must mean healthier. A new 2026 study found meaningful differences between a minimally processed cooked diet and extruded kibble \u2014 but it did not prove that one format is automatically better for every dog.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:22px;margin:32px 0 44px 0\">\n<div style=\"flex:1 1 320px;background:#fff;border-radius:18px;padding:26px;border-top:5px solid #b86f45\">\n<h2 style=\"margin-top:0\">Fresh food<\/h2>\n<p>Often more appealing to owners and dogs, with recognisable ingredients and a softer texture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex:1 1 320px;background:#fff;border-radius:18px;padding:26px;border-top:5px solid #53695a\">\n<h2 style=\"margin-top:0\">Kibble<\/h2>\n<p>Convenient, shelf-stable and easy to feed accurately when the product is complete and appropriate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>What did the study actually find?<\/h2>\n<p>Researchers followed 23 healthy pet dogs fed a complete minimally processed diet and a complete extruded kibble diet. They observed differences in post-meal blood glucose, gut-related hormones, stool characteristics and the faecal microbiome.<\/p>\n<p>That sounds dramatic, but one important detail matters: the foods differed in more than processing. They also differed in nutrient composition and ingredient profile. So we cannot say that extrusion alone caused every difference.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#e8dfd1;border-radius:18px;padding:26px;margin:34px 0\"><strong>In plain English:<\/strong> the dogs\u2019 bodies reacted differently to the two diets, but the study does not give us a simple \u201cfresh wins, kibble loses\u201d answer.<\/div>\n<h2>Why marketing can make this confusing<\/h2>\n<p>Words such as \u201cfresh\u201d, \u201cnatural\u201d, \u201chuman-grade\u201d and \u201cgently cooked\u201d sound healthy, but they do not tell you whether the food is complete. A beautifully photographed meal can still be nutritionally unbalanced. A plain-looking kibble can still provide every required nutrient.<\/p>\n<p>The better questions are: Is it complete for my dog\u2019s life stage? Does my dog maintain a healthy weight? Are stools, coat, energy and appetite stable? Can I feed it consistently without constantly changing products?<\/p>\n<h2>When fresh food may make sense<\/h2>\n<p>Some dogs genuinely seem to do better on a different texture or ingredient profile. Palatability can also help fussy eaters. For owners who enjoy portioning refrigerated food and can manage the cost, a complete fresh diet can be perfectly reasonable.<\/p>\n<h2>When kibble is still a very good option<\/h2>\n<p>Kibble is practical for travel, training rewards, storage and precise portioning. The fact that a food is processed does not automatically make it poor quality. Safety, formulation and suitability matter more than whether it resembles a home-cooked dinner.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:18px;margin:24px 0 40px 0\">\n<div style=\"flex:1 1 320px;background:#fff;border-radius:16px;padding:24px\"><strong>Do not switch just because of a trend<\/strong><br \/>If your dog is thriving on a complete diet, there may be no reason to change it simply because another format looks more modern.<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex:1 1 320px;background:#fff;border-radius:16px;padding:24px\"><strong>Do switch for a reason<\/strong><br \/>A veterinary recommendation, poor tolerance, weight-management need or clear practical benefit is a much better reason than social media.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background:#53695a;color:#fff;border-radius:20px;padding:30px;margin-top:36px\">\n<h2 style=\"color:#fff;margin-top:0\">Paws &amp; Stays takeaway<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0\">The best dog food is not the one that looks most like human food. 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